UFC 259: Błachowicz Vs. Adesanya

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Light Heavyweight: Jan Błachowicz (c) vs. Israel Adesanya

Women’s Featherweight: Amanda Nunes (c) vs. Megan Anderson

Bantamweight: Petr Yan (c) vs. Aljamain Sterling

Lightweight: Islam Makhachev vs. Drew Dober

Light Heavyweight: Thiago Santos vs. Aleksandar Rakić


Prelims:


Bantamweight: Dominick Cruz vs. Casey Kenney

Bantamweight: Song Yadong vs. Kyler Phillips

Catchweight (127 lb): Joseph Benavidez vs. Askar Askarov

Flyweight: Rogério Bontorin vs. Kai Kara-France

Flyweight: Tim Elliott vs. Jordan Espinosa

Light Heavyweight: Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Carlos Ulberg

Welterweight: Sean Brady vs. Jake Matthews

Women’s Strawweight: Lívia Renata Souza vs. Amanda Lemos

Lightweight: Uroš Medić vs. Aalon Cruz

Bantamweight: Mario Bautista vs. Trevin Jones
 

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Let's go Jan! #PolishPower

Hoping for a Dober win as well. Also nice to see Dominick Cruz back in action!

Rakic V Santos is another great matchup.

I think Yan will steamroll Sterling.
 

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I know you guys dont like girl fights but I hope Anderson knocks the lesbo Nunes out...
 

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I am picking Jan Błachowicz by easy KO over Izzy. Izzy can run, but he can't hide :)

Megan Anderson by shocking KO over Nunes.

Yan will ground and pound Sterling to ref stoppage.

Dober will grind out decision over Machkev, or however you spell it.

Rakick will KO Santos he will injure Santos's legs with low kicks.
 

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If Dober wants to win he needs a big punch in the 3rd round, I wasn't expecting Dober to win but he is getting taken down very easily.

Edit: Dober was exhausted and got subbed.
 

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Brutal illegal knee for Yan, not sure if its intentional or not.
 
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DQ CHAMPIONSHIP! win for Aljamain :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::eyepop::eyepop::eyepop::eyepop::eyepop:.

Nice to see the big-mouthed bully humiliated though, everyone knows this belt is illegitimate. Hope Dana gets up in arms on this decision.
 
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DQ CHAMPIONSHIP! win for Aljamain :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:.

Nice to see the big-mouthed bully humiliated though, everyone knows this belt is illegitimate. Hope Dana gets up in arms on this decision.

Haha even the cocky Sterling knew he got lucky with that DQ win! You could see by his body language he was throughly beaten. Tough for Yan to give away a fight like that.

Glad Rakic got the W.
 

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I don't expect much from the Women's game but damn, the talent depth is a few good fighters from what I have seen.
 

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Haha even the cocky Sterling knew he got lucky with that DQ win! You could see by his body language he was throughly beaten. Tough for Yan to give away a fight like that.

Glad Rakic got the W.

Yan had his hand up as well! Some mean energy I have to say, maybe he really did have some beef with Aljo, doubt he would throw away a belt over it however.
 

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Yan had his hand up as well! Some mean energy I have to say, maybe he really did have some beef with Aljo, doubt he would throw away a belt over it however.

They were getting into it during the weigh in face-off. I doubt Yan would throw away a belt for it but maybe he figures he'll get another crack at the guy.
 

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2 takedowns for Jan should seal this thing! #PolishPower
 

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A humbling of Aljo and Adesanya.

Jan's win streak reminds me of when Stipe was fighting for respect as an underdog.
 

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About as good of results we could have hoped for! Jan has been such a great story. Watching his rise to the top late into his UFC career has been awesome. Another example of a White Athlete hitting his prime in his mid 30s!
 

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About as good of results we could have hoped for! Jan has been such a great story. Watching his rise to the top late into his UFC career has been awesome. Another example of a White Athlete hitting his prime in his mid 30s!

Well... Aside from Petr losing the belt :D, but Aljo is champion only in name.
 

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Good fight plan from Jan. Those takedowns at the end really helped. If he would have got one of those in the first couple of rounds, probably would have been a KO, although Izzy had better stamina than anticipated. I was really nervous until the decision was read ( you cant trust them to do the right thing).

That was some hilariously bad acting by Aljo, his homeboy ref helped him stay down and act hurt to secure the win. Petr had him gassed and beaten, was very little doubt a KO was coming soon ( of course I would bet the 4th and 5th round KO, which would have paid huge). That one hurt.
 

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I was expecting the chance of some nonsense decision or draw for the golden boy. Especially since DC and Rogan thought he could of won.
 

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One of the commentators I was listening to said that Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Artur Beterbiev are all related to each other. Damn, that is a scary group of people living in the hills down there.

I am still hoping the see Jon Jones get humbled by Stipe. I don't think Jones is dumb enough to come back to light heavy. The division is too competitive now and he would lose his precious undefeated record (yes, I know about the DQ that he has).
 

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J Jones should be banned from fighting for life yet he gets to keep fighting, what an effin Joke! In order for jones to fight Stipe he has to wait to see if Stipe gets past Ngannou which is nowhere near a guarantee.
 
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